De Arend (locomotive) explained

Arend and Leeuw
Powertype:Steam
Builder:R. B. Longridge and Company
Serialnumber:119, 125
Builddate:1839
Totalproduction:2
Whytetype:2-2-2
Uicclass:1A1
Leadingdiameter:1140frac=8NaNfrac=8
Driverdiameter:1810frac=8NaNfrac=8
Trailingdiameter:1140frac=8NaNfrac=8
Tenderdiameter:1060frac=8NaNfrac=8
Length:9785frac=8NaNfrac=8
Height:4600frac=8NaNfrac=8
Locoweight:12t
Fueltype:Coke
Fuelcap:600kg (1,300lb)
Firearea:1.13m2
Boilerpressure:4.13kg/cm2
Cylindercount:Two, inside
Cylindersize:356x
Maxspeed:300NaN0
Operator:Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij
Withdrawndate:1856–57
Disposition:Both scrapped; replica built in 1939

De Arend (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /də ˈʔaːrənt/; the eagle) was one of the two first steam locomotives in the Netherlands. It was a 2-2-2 Patentee type built in England by R. B. Longridge and Company of Bedlington, Northumberland to run on the then standard Dutch track gauge of . On 20 September 1839, together with the Snelheid (Dutch for speed), it hauled the first train of the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij between Amsterdam and Haarlem. It was withdrawn in 1857.

In 1939 a replica of the De Arend was constructed for the 100th anniversary of the Dutch railways. It is displayed at the Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum (Dutch Railway Museum) in Utrecht.

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